Supporting Research: Environments, Administration and Libraries

This report highlights the findings from two parallel studies of research support services in US and UK universities that OCLC Research and the UK's Research Information Network (RIN) undertook last year.

It is the latest in a series of OCLC Research reports resulting from our Research Information Management thematic focus of work, the goal of which is to help reach a collective understanding of the responsibilities of, and opportunities for, libraries in a changed research environment.

We are a worldwide library cooperative, owned, governed and sustained by members since 1967. Our public purpose is a statement of commitment to each other—that we will work together to improve access to the information held in libraries around the globe, and find ways to reduce costs for libraries through collaboration.